Rise Start-Up Academy Application 

Name

Date of birth

Email address

LinkedIn URL

Phone Number

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Team member name

Team member date of birth

Team member email address

Team member LinkedIn URL

Do you have a female in a position of leadership?

Gender

Ethnicity

Black, African American or African descent

Team member gender

Team member ethnicity

Other

Company name

Company registered?

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Registered company name

Company registration number

Year of establishment

Company website or online profile

Rise Start-Up Academy 2023

FinTech area

What FinTech area does your start-up operate in?

If other

Are you working on your startup full time?

Are you a first time entrepreneur?

Please share details

What drives you to become a founder?

Do you have a co-founder?

Do you have employees/contractors?

Do you have employees/contractors working for your company?

How many?

Describe the problem you are solving?

What is your value proposition?

Who are your early adopters, and what do you know/not know about them?

Please detail the customer discovery you have undertaken to date, with whom, and your key findings?

How many potential customers have you spoken with/interviewed about your start-up? 

What have you done to validate your idea (user testing, experiments, etc.)? Please be as detailed as possible 

What have been the results of this (including qualitative and quantitative data)?

In your opinion, do you feel you have gathered enough validation to prove desirability of your solution?

Please explain

What are you hoping to achieve over the next 6 months?

Are you planning to raise pre-seed or seed funding in the next 6-12 months?

How much?

When?

Is your business generating revenue?

How much revenue have you generated in your most recent fiscal year?

When you you plan to start generating revenue?

How did you hear about RSA?

And finally some details on the programme 

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What or where do you think you need the most help from this programme to help move your idea/start-up forward?

Why is this programme the right fit for you?

If you were to be offered a place on this programme are you prepared to put the time and effort in to making the most of it [4-6 hours per week]?